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Italian painter ()

Alesso or Alessio Baldovinetti (14 October – 29 August ) was an Italian early Renaissance painter and draftsman.

Biography

Baldovinetti was born in Florence to a rich noble family of merchants. In he was registered as a member of the Guild of St. Luke: "Alesso di Baldovinetti, dipintore."^[1]

He was a follower of the group of scientific realists and naturalists in art which included Andrea del Castagno, Paolo Uccello and Domenico Veneziano.

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Tradition says that he assisted in the decorations of the church of S. Egidio, however no records confirm this. These decoration were carried out during the years – by Domenico Veneziano and in conjunction with Andrea del Castagno.

That he was commissioned to complete the series at a later date () is certain.

In Alesso was employed to paint the great fresco of the Annunciation in the cloister of the Annunziata basilica. The remains as we see them give evidence of the artist's pow